Rapport, Richard(2764)
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Nepomniachtchi, Ian(2766)
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[%evp 0,67,19,38,40,41,51,18,45,11,33,51,48,36,53,48,60,38,33,9,6,36,28,18,9, -1,0,-5,16,-1,0,-2,-10,-8,4,-1,-8,-7,4,4,-6,-8,-4,2,13,13,21,13,13,-7,-1,7,5, 21,29,32,32,23,30,32,44,33,44,23,25,29,44,24,31,31] With another quick draw with White, Nepomniachtchi has won the tournament. The question is now if Magnus Carlsen will want to play against him.1.e4c52.Nf3Nc63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3d66.Bg5e67.Qd2a68.O-O-OBd79.Nxc6Bxc610.f3h611.Bf4d512.Qe1Bb413.a3Bxc314.Qxc3O-O15.Be5!...Not the most dangerous, but Nepomniachtchi does not need to win more games.15....Rc816.Bxf6Qxf617.Qxf6gxf618.exd5Bxd519.Rd4f519...Rc520.b4!Rc321.Kb2Rfc822.Bd3and White eventually won in Kholmov-Mukhametov, Moscow 1991.20.Bd3Bc621.Rd1Kg722.Be2N...An improvement on an email game where White somehow managed to lose.22....Kf623.Rh4Kg524.g3Rfd825.Rhd4Rxd426.Rxd4e527.f4+exf428.Rxf4Be429.c3Rd830.Bd1Rd731.Bc2Re7Stockfish thinks White is a bit better, but that's probably nonsense. No matter: Nepo is not in trouble, which is the main thing.32.Bd1Rd733.Bc2Re734.Bd11/2-1/2 The game is a draw.1/2-1/2